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Potential Changes to Social Security Disability Insurance

Jack Smalligan Urban Institute
The anticipated regulation could reduce eligibility for new applicants to the SSDI program by as much as 20 percent overall, and up to 30 percent among older workers, 10% reduction could result in 500,000 people losing access over 10 years.

This Week in People’s History, Jul 30-Aug 5, 2025

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Former President Harry Truman grins at President Lyndon Johnson during the Medicare/Medicaid bill signing ceremony It’s Your Birthday Medicaid, Chin Up! (1965), A Night at the Opera in the Infield (1925), Who Won the Civil War, Anyway? (1900), Candidate Reagan Shows His True Colors (1980), Robert Purvis, Fighter for Justice (1810), The Jury Knew Right from Wrong

July 4th in the Face of Fascism

Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove and Bishop William J. Barber, II Our Moral Moment
This 4th of July, may we all gather with Fannie Lou Hamer and the moral fusion family closest to us – both the living and the dead – to recommit ourselves to a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.

The Republicans’ Draconian Budget Bill Is Now a Reality

Heidi Shierholz Economic Policy Institute
The Republican budget will gut Medicaid, slash food aid for families, and shutter rural hospitals—just to give tax breaks that will go overwhelmingly to the wealthy. It is a staggering upward redistribution of income.
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